linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 07/29] arm_mpam: Add probe/remove for mpam msc driver and kbuild boiler plate

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Message-ID: <146ad8f4-ef6c-48cb-aed8-db619c8258a8@arm.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:51:00 +0100
From: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@....com>
To: James Morse <james.morse@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 07/29] arm_mpam: Add probe/remove for mpam msc driver
 and kbuild boiler plate

Hi James,

On 10/17/25 19:56, James Morse wrote:
> Probing MPAM is convoluted. MSCs that are integrated with a CPU may
> only be accessible from those CPUs, and they may not be online.
> Touching the hardware early is pointless as MPAM can't be used until
> the system-wide common values for num_partid and num_pmg have been
> discovered.
> 
> Start with driver probe/remove and mapping the MSC.
> 
> CC: Carl Worth <carl@...amperecomputing.com>
> Tested-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghuay@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> ---
> Changes since v2:
>  * Comment in Kconfig about why EXPERT.
>  * Dropped duplicate depends.
>  * Fixed duplicate return statement.
>  * Restructured driver probe to have a do_ function to allow breaks to be
>    return instead...
>  * Removed resctrl.h include, added spinlock.h
>  * Removed stray DT function prototype
>  * Removed stray PCC variables in struct mpam_msc.
>  * Used ccflags not cflags for debug define.
>  * Moved srcu header include to internal.h
>  * Moved mpam_msc_destroy() into this patch.
> 
> Changes since v1:
>  * Avoid selecting driver on other architectrues.
>  * Removed PCC support stub.
>  * Use for_each_available_child_of_node_scoped() and of_property_read_reg()
>  * Clarified a comment.
>  * Stopped using mpam_num_msc as an id,a and made it atomic.
>  * Size of -1 returned from cache_of_calculate_id()
>  * Renamed some struct members.
>  * Made a bunch of pr_err() dev_err_ocne().
>  * Used more cleanup magic.
>  * Inlined a print message.
>  * Fixed error propagation from mpam_dt_parse_resources().
>  * Moved cache accessibility checks earlier.
>  * Change cleanup macro to use IS_ERR_OR_NULL().
> 
> Changes since RFC:
>  * Check for status=broken DT devices.
>  * Moved all the files around.
>  * Made Kconfig symbols depend on EXPERT
> ---
>  arch/arm64/Kconfig              |   1 +
>  drivers/Kconfig                 |   2 +
>  drivers/Makefile                |   1 +
>  drivers/acpi/arm64/mpam.c       |   7 ++
>  drivers/resctrl/Kconfig         |  13 +++
>  drivers/resctrl/Makefile        |   4 +
>  drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c  | 190 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h |  52 +++++++++
>  include/linux/acpi.h            |   2 +-
>  9 files changed, 271 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/resctrl/Kconfig
>  create mode 100644 drivers/resctrl/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 drivers/resctrl/mpam_devices.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/resctrl/mpam_internal.h
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> index c5e66d5d72cd..004d58cfbff8 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> @@ -2025,6 +2025,7 @@ config ARM64_TLB_RANGE
>  
>  config ARM64_MPAM
>  	bool "Enable support for MPAM"
> +	select ARM64_MPAM_DRIVER if EXPERT	# does nothing yet
>  	select ACPI_MPAM if ACPI

If ARM64_MPAM is selected without selecting EXPERT then ACPI_MPAM is
selected but not ACPI_MPAM. When the whole series is applied this
configuration does not build as the mpam acpi code calls mpam_ris_create().

Thanks,

Ben